Brooke Shields settles with Enquirer

Remember when Brooke Shields got all flustered because her mother escaped from the old folks home? When it turned out that Teri had an accomplice Brooke was none too pleased, and swore bloody revenge to the fullest extend of the law. Well it appears that the law doesn't extend as far as Ms Shields' bluster, cause Brooke and the National Enquirer have settled up and just short of total decimation!

Now to give you some back story - Teri was recently confined to a home for the old & garrulous - garrulous is a $50 word for "can't keep her mouth shut". Brooke swears up and down that her mom is crazy, though she uses low key descriptions like 'forgetful' and 'confused'. So take the hint and don't believe anything her 'crazy' mother says about her - though that's not what Brooke said, or even meant. Brooke's too nice for that.
Thing is that only a year earlier Brooke was blathering on by way of the tabs that she and mom had patched up their long running feud. She was even talking about how she'd like to have mom over more but the old broad doesn't get on with Chris Henchley. Apparently Mr. Funnyman won't wear a tie, and he smells. Translation: Teri thinks that Henchley is a dirty slob. Next thing you know she's in a home!

So what made Brooke back off the war path? Well the NE is promising to make a donation to dementia related charities. In this case dementia might mean a tendency old people have for repeating things that make younger people nervous. The NE also posted a story on their site in which 'rogue reporter' Bob Hartlein talks about how his been Teri's friend for years. So the inference is that signing her out was no big deal. He also claims that Teri is one of the most alert people he knows. They're so close that according to Hartlein Teri's even gifted him with an expensive tie that she bought for son in law Chris. Well Henchley would never wear it.